· Next time you think acting on a big-budget film is nothing but free Starbucks and waiting around for effects shots to be set up, think of Jennifer Lawrence. For her part as Mystique in X-Men: First Class, the future Katniss Everdeen had to stand around practically naked for seven hours while a team of make-up artists painted her blue. Now that's commitment to the craft! Click through to watch, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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· If you watched the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night, the chances are good you saw one of the ka-billion showings of the Kia commercial featuring a post-apocalyptic robot war, a pack of dancing hamsters and the summer smash "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO. Fun fact: that bananas bit of marketing was directed by Mark Romanek, music video veteran and the man behind Never Let Me Go. Click through to watch, get "Party Rock Anthem" stuck in your head for the day, and stick around for more Buzz Break.
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· With an all-star cast of up-and-comers (Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Olivia Wilde, Cillian Murphy, Vincent Kartheiser, Alex Pettyfer and Matt Bomer) and Andrew Niccol (Gattaca) behind the camera/typewriter, In Time is potentially one of the more intriguing releases of the fall. Either that or a silly and overwrought mess of hacky future touches. Judging from the new international trailer intriguing could win out, but be careful: heavy spoilers await. Your Friday Buzz Break is here.
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· It's come to this: on Sunday, MTV will air a special first look preview of The Hunger Games, and today the network has released a preview of that preview. Want to see Jennifer Lawrence in the highly anticipated release? Don't blink and click through to watch. Your Thursday Buzz Break is here.
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· Thanks to its terrifying trailer and timely plot of human extinction, Contagion looks poised to be one of the more serious entries at the multiplex this September -- which is why it feels safe to laugh at Jude Law's bubble boy safety helmet. You know the one; it looks like an ice cube or shot glass, depending on your mood. Click through for a look, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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· With Muppets fever burning up the Internet in the lead-up to the release of The Muppets on Thanksgiving, what better time to watch a viral video involving your favorite felt characters? As part of the Green Album of Muppets covers, viral video kings OK Go sang "The Muppets Show Theme Song" and the corresponding clip is delightful. Click through to watch, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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· Because the world doesn't have enough Woody Allen imitations -- or Wes Anderson imitations -- AMC has partnered with Adam Goldberg, Jeffrey Tambor and writer/director Peter Glanz for The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks. The three-episode web series runs 42 minutes in total, and features enough Manhattan references to sate even Mariel Hemingway. Click through to watch episode one, somewhat hilariously titled "I Pulled a Polanski" and then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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· Artist Richard Sargent has your Friday afternoon time waster: a collage of film and television robots that hides the one lovable collection of bolts you're tasked to find -- WALL*E. The Pixar robot is there -- yours truly found him in a relatively short amount of time -- so click through for a look, and commence goofing off. Your Friday Buzz Break is here.
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· The U.S. poster for Melancholia has arrived, and it looks very familiar: the image of star Kirsten Dunst is the same one used in promotional art for the film earlier this year. Still, cool poster! The Lars Von Trier-directed mood piece arrives in theaters on Nov. 11, but you can catch Melancholia on demand starting on Oct. 7. Watch the end of the world from your own couch! Click through for a look, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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· Universal may have knocked down Ron Howard's planned adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower, but that doesn't mean all hope is lost. Howard's Imagine Entertainment partner Brian Grazer apparently told Page Six that the men are still looking for outside financing for the ambitious project, which would then be distributed through a major studio. Great! Just don't expect this to come together anytime soon. "[T]he soonest we could do it would be June next year," Grazer said. Mark that on your calendar in pencil, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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· Medical Mutual of Ohio: Your health care partner since 1934, your source of Avengers spoilers since Monday. The Cleveland-based shoot for the Joss Whedon-directed Marvel blockbuster is in full swing -- translation: explosions! -- and that means the Medical Mutual of Ohio Facebook page is littered with set photos. Click through to see Whedon and Chris Evans setting up for a scene, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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· The long gestating Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón's follow-up to Children of Men, has an Oscar-friendly release date, an all-star cast (George Clooney and Sandra Bullock), and now the blessing of Guillermo del Toro. "Amazing things," del Toro said to MTV when asked what he knows about Cuarón's progress. "What Alfonso was trying is so insane, and Jim [Cameron] said, 'You know, you're about five years into the future. It's too early to try anything that crazy.' They did it." Click through to watch del Toro gush about his friend, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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· As part of the new Current series 50 Documentaries to See Before You Die, Morgan Spurlock cozied up to the controversial Thierry Guetta, Mr. Brainwash from Exit Through the Gift Shop, the man who may or not be an actual Banksy product. So! Does Mr. Brainwash still hear from the man who made him famous? Click through to watch a behind-the-scenes video, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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· Still not convinced that Jason Sudeikis, Tyler Labine and the cast members of A Good Old Fashioned Orgy will go all the way in their Labor Day sex comedy? Doubt no more! Samuel Goldwyn Films has just released a video that proves Orgy's cast will swing in all directions including shirtless bro on bro. Watch Sudeikis and Labine make good on their movie's title and then stick around for Buzz Break.
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· Looking for a quick way to catch up on the many, many, many deaths in the Final Destination franchise, but don't feel like watching the first four films in the series before Final Destination 5 hits on Friday? Keep looking! This video put together by Screened runs a lengthy 11 minutes, but highlights the full compliment of franchise murdering. Spoilers, but who cares? Click through to watch, then stick around for Buzz Break.
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